‘Every day the policy changes’: chaos and confusion for Filipino workers over US immigration rules

The US relies on migrant workers in crucial sectors but shifting policies under Donald Trump create uncertainty and fear Jay*, a Filipino migrant, cares for an 82-year-old US veteran in San Francisco’s Bay Area who has suffered from a stroke. They were playing a word search memory game together when Jay saw the news on Facebook about a policy memo from the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS). It suggested migrants might have to return to their home countries in order to apply for their g...

By Natasha May